Combined rocker and swing



July 31, 1951 V sEBEL 2,562,745

' COMBINED ROCKER AND SWING Filed June 14, 1947 Patented July 31, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application June 14, 1947, Serial No. 754,647 In Great Britain March 27, 1945 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a novel form of swing principally for young children.

It is an object of the invention to provide a swing in which the sensation of an ordinary swing is obtained without however the seat rising very far from the ground.

It is a further object of the invention to incorporate into the swing a rocking action which gives the sensation of a rocking toy.

Further features of the invention will be apparent from the attached drawings and the following description.

In the drawings which show a side elevation of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention a pair of spaced arcuate tubular members i only one of which, of course, is shown are braced into a rigid framework by means of another pair of arcuate tubular members 2 the ends being fixedly secured to cross-bracing members 3.

Depending from the centre of the arcuate members 2 is a seat or chair 4 for the rider. This chair is suspended on and fixedly secured to a pair of suspension members 5 which are each pivoted at G to the arcuate members 2. The seat of chair 4 has projecting from it a frame 1 which carries at its end a foot rest 8 and is rigidly secured to the under part of the chair. Underneath the foot rest 8 is a wheel 9 which serves to contact the ground in the event the chair 4 is rocked without a corresponding rocking of the rocking frame, thereby limiting any forward tipping of the chair and avoiding any tendency for a small child to be tipped out of the seat.

A handle I I1 is provided which is gripped by the rider so as to initiate and continue the rocking effect of the frame.

In operation the rider grips the handle l0 and either pushes or pulls on the handle. This action moves the chair from its natural position of rest and the frame rocks accordingly in an attempt to establish equilibrium. Continued rocking of the chair increases the rocking motion of the frame. To control the degree of rocking of the frame the upper ends of the tubular members I are preferably flattened out from their arcuate curve. The action created produces a sensation of a normal swing but owing to the corresponding movement of the frame which rocks as the chair swings the chair remains substantially the same distance from the floor as when in its central position as shown. Conveniently, the chair may be so disposed that when the rider sits in the chair the riders weight is slightly off-centre and so initiates the rocking action.

What I claim is:

1. A swing comprising a pair of laterally spaced arcuate frame members adapted to rock in an arcuate path on a supporting surface, said frame members having their upper ends flattened as compared with the arc defined by the central arcuate portions thereof to limit the rocking movement of said members, a second pair of laterally spaced frame members connected at their ends to the ends of said first pair of frame members, spacing members connecting said frame members on one side to the frame members on the opposite side at points adjacent the ends of said frame members, a seat supported from said second pair of frame members by suspension members connected thereto adjacent the central line of said second pair of frame members, said suspension members being connected at their lower ends to said seat and mounted for pivotable movement about a pivot point disposed adjacent the center of the circle of which the central arcuate rocker portions of said first-mentioned frame members constitute an arc.

2. A swing comprising a first pair of laterally spaced arcuate frame members adapted to rock in an arcuate path on a supporting surface, said frame members having their upper ends flattened as compared with the arc defined by the central arcuate portions thereof to limit the rocking movement of said members, a second pair of laterally spaced frame members connected at their ends to the ends of said first pair of frame members and curved downwardly to be below the level of the ends of said first pair of frame members, spacing members connecting said frame members on one side to the frame members on the opposite side at points adjacent the opposite ends thereof, a seat, and suspension members pivotally connected at their upper ends to said second pair of frame members adjacent the center line thereof and connected at their lower ends to said seat.

3. A swing as defined in claim 1 wherein means is provided for limiting the rearward movement of the seat with the pivoted suspension members comprising a member attached to said seat projecting forwardly therefrom to a point close to but spaced from the supporting surface for the swing as the seat swings normally but which moves into contact with the supporting surface when the seat is swung rearwardly beyond the normal amplitude of its swinging movement.

HARRY SEBEL.

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